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Makes / Peugeot / 407

407

Peugeot · on record 1994 to 2025

DECLINING

Red List classification, from population, five year trajectory and survival against peak. Reviewed each census.

5,907 licensed vehicles
2025 census

9.4% of the peak fleet remains licensed

6,286
declared SORN
 
total surviving

peak 62,795 in 2010  ·  −2,658 vehicles a year, five year trend

Population history

Licensed and SORN vehicles at each census. Filters apply to the population, MOT and registration figures together.

Licensed SORN Latest census observation SOURCE DVLA VEH0120 / VEH0220

At the average decline recorded over the latest five years, the licensed fleet would reach zero around 2027.

Illustrative projection only; vehicle populations rarely decline linearly. Late fleets typically flatten as surviving examples enter preservation.

Inside the surviving fleet

AutoCensus parses every DVLA variant description, so the fleet can be read by fuel and specification rather than as one number.

First registrations by year

When surviving examples first joined the British fleet.

New registrations

Vehicles first registered each year. A fleet still being sold shows here; a finished one shows only imports.

MOT reliability

DVSA test results for this family, 2005 to 2025.

 
Pass rate by year
Failure reason Failures Share of all tests
The grooves of the tread pattern are not at least 1.6mm throughout a continuous band comprising the central three-quarters of the breadth of tread, and round the entire outer circumference of the tyre 18,045 3.4%
A rear registration plate lamp with any lamp not working 15,080 2.8%
Excessive play in a suspension ball joint 15,062 2.8%
Excessive play in a ball joint 12,755 2.4%
A brake lining or pad insecure or less than 1.5mm thick at any point 11,244 2.1%
The warning lamp indicates a fault 11,045 2.1%
A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc 9,945 1.9%
The windscreen washers do not provide enough liquid to clear the windscreen in conjunction with the wiper(s) 9,147 1.7%

Counted across every recorded test, 2005 to 2025. Advisories are excluded.

Where the 407 remains

Based on MOT test locations, 2025. Test location is a proxy: a vehicle is counted where it was last tested, not where it is kept.

Postcode area Vehicles tested Pass rate
PE 256 70%
S 215 69%
B 208 79%
NG 198 72%
CV 177 74%
PL 152 67%
NR 151 72%
BS 151 62%
EX 150 63%
LE 144 76%
LL 144 72%
GL 141 63%
DE 140 68%
IP 140 74%
DN 138 63%
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How this record was calculated

LATEST CENSUS2025
POPULATION SOURCEDVLA VEH0220 quarterly
HISTORY SOURCEDVLA VEH0120 GB · to 2013
MOT SOURCEDVSA results · to 2025
FAMILY DEFINITIONPEUGEOT 407
PROCESSED20 Jul 2026
Full methodology

Population figures count vehicles recorded as licensed or SORN in the DVLA quarterly extract. Figures before 2014 cover Great Britain only. Vehicles are grouped into this family by the DVLA GenModel key shown above, with routing rules for known inconsistencies.

Variant figures are parsed from raw DVLA model descriptions and the original string is always retained. Blank transmission fields are shown as manual because DVLA records the field for automatic vehicles.

MOT figures count tests, not vehicles, and geographic figures count each vehicle at its most recent test location. The decline projection is a straight line fitted to the latest five years and is illustrative only.